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TownTalk: McGregor Live! Series
When the lights dim this Saturday night at McGregor Hall, the audience can expect to be wowed – the Traveling Salvation Show has come to town! It’s the first in the 2024-25 McGregor Live! series, which features some top touring companies mixed with local talent taking the stage to entertain audiences into the fall, winter
TownTalk: Around Old Granville: A Visit To Cokesbury And Vicksboro
The North Carolina Room at Thornton Library in Oxford is full of all kinds of books, maps and bound volumes of all sorts and conditions. And cookbooks. “I must say, God bless people who do cookbooks,” said Mark Pace, North Carolina Room specialist and local historian. Located among all those historical tomes are more than
TownTalk: Vance Recovery
The road to recovery from addiction does not look the same for everyone, but it’s only natural for people to think that what is working for them is what is best for others, too. Twelve-step programs like AA and NA, and faith-based programs that focus on celebrating recovery are just a couple of paths that
TownTalk: Ducky Derby Is September 21st
Head to downtown Henderson on Saturday, Sept. 21 to watch the annual “release” of ducks down Garnett Street. It’s the 15 annual Ducky Derby to benefit the Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start, and Kimiko Williams said it’s sure to be an afternoon of fun for all. This year’s festivities begin at 1 p.m., with activities
TownTalk: Oxford Gets Ready For Hot Sauce Festival
There’ll be a hot time in O-Town this weekend as the 18th annual Hot Sauce Contest and Festival takes over downtown streets for an expanded two-day event. Granville County Tourism Director Angela Allen said this year’s festival kicks off Friday, Sept. 6 and continues for a full day of activities the next day that includes
TownTalk: Budding Chefs Can Sign Up For 4-H Cooking Teams
If Micah Sharpe can get young people to buy in to 4-H at an early age, the chances are better that they’ll stick with it through their teenage years. And if some of those youngsters are interested in learning their way around a kitchen to create healthy, nutritious foods, the Vance County 4-H Youth Development
TownTalk: Frank Sossamon – Litter Clean Up Program
In speaking with constituents across Vance County, State Rep. Frank Sossamon said he picked up on a familiar theme: litter. “Litter kept coming up as our Number 1 problem,” Sossamon said. “It’s a plague on our county.” And he’s making a connection with the trash that fouls the roadsides and public safety. A public safety
TownTalk: Introducing Matthew McLaughlin, Kerr-Vance Academy
Matthew McLaughlin said he didn’t set out to be a school administrator – he really wanted to be a middle school band teacher. And McLaughlin was quite happy doing just that for many years. Now, after close to two decades in the field of private education, he finds himself not in front of a bunch
TownTalk: James Baines – Vance County Board of Elections
No doubt, county boards of elections all across the state – and beyond – have been preparing for quite some time for the launch of in-person early voting and requests for absentee ballots in advance of the Nov. 5 General Election. Vance County is no exception, but local elections officials have had an extra layer
TownTalk: Tiffany Jones Community Uplift Project
Tiffany Jones uses her nonprofit Community Uplift Project to do a lot of good in the local area. In addition to helping parents connect with resources for children who may be on the autism spectrum, the 501(c)3 has food giveaways and has even offered assistance to those struggling to pay bills. But the bill assistance
